Aoife Clifford’s "Second Sight" is a gripping, gut-wrenching thriller. Set in Kinsale, Australia, the novel moves at a tantalizing pace. Eliza discovers Kinsale’s blackened heart, with new horrors revealed at every turn. After a... Read More

In the aftermath of World War II, as the Russian army rolled through East Prussia, many German citizens were displaced. Women were raped and children starved, their army husbands nowhere to be found, presumably dead or prisoners of war.... Read More

In this children’s cautionary tale for the twenty-first century, a small-minded king learns the value of diversity when he attempts to control his kingdom with a wall of stone. Visually compelling, the wall’s pop-up structure... Read More

The world is full of noise, but Susan Roberts’s prayerful "Can You Hear God Now?" cuts through it all to find some needed holy clarity. Learning how to listen to the still small voice of God takes a helpful and faithful guide, Roberts... Read More

Rawi Hage’s novel "Beirut Hellfire Society" is an intimate glimpse at the effects of civil war that challenges social and religious norms. Pavlov is the son of an undertaker in war-stricken 1970s Beirut. An avid reader of the Greeks,... Read More

Tara Johnson’s Christian romance "Where Dandelions Bloom" places a strong heroine at the center of the Civil War. In 1861, sixteen-year-old Cassie is desperate to avoid the loveless marriage arranged by her drunken father, so she poses... Read More

When partnering up in math class leaves Adelaide the odd one out, she is happy to rely on Bear to complete her twosome. He looks cozy in his knit, math-themed sweater, and it becomes apparent that bears are superior at sorting, sums,... Read More

The Teen Titans’ resident mystery girl goes solo in Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo’s graphic novel Teen Titans: Raven. The latest in DC Ink’s line of young adult graphic novels focuses on Raven, a super-powered heroine best known... Read More